To thrust oneself into another’s conversation, performance, undertaking, or the like. The term comes from the theater
and is analogous to another theatrical cliché, STEAL SOMEONE’S THUNDER.
The American comedian Jimmy Durante popularized it from the 1930s on
with his frequent complaint that “Everybody wants to get into the act”
(cited by Eric Partridge in his compendium of catchphrases). It no doubt
originated years earlier in vaudeville.
The Fexco 2024 concludes by breaking records in visits and economic
activity.
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The International Fair and Exhibition of Cochabamba (Fexco) concluded
yesterday after 11 days of constant and intense activity. Preliminary
figures indi...